Top Ten Lessons I Learned from Dad

  1. If you can't get something to work like it should, try doing it backwards.
  2. If you're not early, you're late.
  3. Everybody works 'til the work is done.
  4. Don't tell me, show me. (i.e. don't promise results, achieve results)
  5. Think.
  6. Do everything right the first time.
  7. Return things in better shape than when you got them.
  8. It's not what you make, it's what you spend.(i.e. use time/money wisely)
  9. If you don't know, ask.
  10. You should go visit Grandma (or Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, etc.)